Reinventing Linguistic Ethnographic Fieldwork During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hungarian Studies Yearbook

Barabás Blanka¹  Fazakas Noémi² 

[1] Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, Doctoral School of Linguistics of the Eötvös Loránd University;Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences, Târgu Mureș, Romania, Department of Applied Linguistics;

关键词: linguistic ethnography;    fieldwork;    field;    csángó students’ hall;   

DOI  :  10.2478/hsy-2020-0009

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Our paper discusses the methodological implications of an ethnographic linguistic research project in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Starting from pertinent definitions of linguistic ethnography and interpretations of the field, we offer a demonstration of the process in which this particular participatory research project was faced with the fact that the field became unavailable and inaccessible for the non-local participants. We argue that moving the research online in this case does not mean a shift to “virtual ethnography” (Hine) or “digital ethnography” (Varis), but provides an example for the research site as an emerging construct which adds to the complexities of ethnographic research.

【 授权许可】

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